International Analysis of Organization Design

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International analysis of organizational design
Introduction
Toyota Motor Corporation, which is the sixth leading corporation in the world by revenue and the top listed company in Japan by both revenue and market capitalization has survived different challenges since its birth. On the other hand, Japanese firms have revealed structurally unrelated system of organization paralleled to those of Western administration. As a result, Toyota’s survival and growth is based on the application of various Japanese cultural aspects that are very distinct. This paper seeks to provide an overview of Japanese culture and its impact on Toyota’s organizational structure, job design/employee culture, human resource system, and management system.
Overview of Japanese culture
Using Hofstede 6-D Model, the Japanese national values are characterized by reasonable individualism (46), average power-distance (54), high long term orientation (88), elevated uncertainty avoidance (92), and extreme masculinity (95), (What about Japan?). Japanese are mindful of their classified positions in any communal environment and act in view of that. owing to the stiff hierarchical state, corporations encounter slow decision making process as all decisions must be checked by each hierarchical level and lastly by the upper administration in Tokyo. However, the sluggish decision making process shows that in Japanese culture, there are no upper managers who can formulate decisions minus discussion with the others. Additionally, there is a strong idea in the Japanese schooling arrangement that everyone is born equal thus can develop into anything if he/she adequately work.
Generally, the Japanese humanity has the characteristics of a collectivistic society. Therefore, Japanese put the accord of crowds above the appearance of personal sentiments. In corporate Japan, workers are most driven when they are working in an engaging team against their opponents. This team rivalry motivates individuals towards brilliance and precision in firms (monodukuri). Furthermore, Japan is one of the most uncertainty evading nations on earth. This is frequently credited to the point that Japan is always vulnerable to environmental adversities such as earthquakes, typhoons, volcano eruptions, and tsunamis. Therefore, with regards to commerce, Japanese place a lot of energy into feasibility analyses by carefully probing threats before any project is undertaken. Consequently, directors request comprehensive proofs and facts before making any decision. This great need for Uncertainty Avoidance is the primary purpose why adjustments are so hard to take place in Japan.
In addition, Japanese perceive their lives as short moments in a large record of human civilization. From this perspective, Japanese do their best during their life time as that is all they can do. This involves engaging in any legal activity with loyalty, as long as it helps the individual to achieve whatever he/she desires in life. Business-wise, Japan long term orientation is seen in the great rate of investment and speculation in technology even during harsh economic conditions. The idea behind it is that rather than going for quarterly profits, people should...